{"data":{"id":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-518c.710","jurisdiction":"us-mn","citation":"Minn. Stat. § 518C.710","heading":"FOREIGN SUPPORT AGREEMENT.","body":"(a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (c) and (d), a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce a foreign support agreement registered in this state.\n(b) An application or direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement must be accompanied by:\n(1) a complete text of the foreign support agreement; and\n(2) a record stating that the foreign support agreement is enforceable as an order of support in the issuing country.\n(c) A tribunal of this state may vacate the registration of a foreign support agreement only if, acting on its own motion, the tribunal finds that recognition and enforcement would be manifestly incompatible with public policy.\n(d) In a contest of a foreign support agreement, a tribunal of this state may refuse recognition and enforcement of the agreement if it finds:\n(1) recognition and enforcement of the agreement is manifestly incompatible with public policy;\n(2) the agreement was obtained by fraud or falsification;\n(3) the agreement is incompatible with a support order involving the same parties and having the same purpose in this state, another state, or a foreign country if the support order is entitled to recognition and enforcement under this chapter in this state; or\n(4) the record submitted under paragraph (b) lacks authenticity or integrity.\n(e) A proceeding for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement must be suspended during the pendency of a challenge to or appeal of the agreement before a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.","path":["DOMESTIC RELATIONS","CHAPTER 518C. UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT","DETERMINATION OF PARENTAGE"],"source_url":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/518C.710","current_through":"2025 Minnesota Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T22:10:49Z","sha256":"d5e4c7ddf2c23f9f2b295726f20337d5957c79be4eeff06fd4e2071ebac3d0d6","source_id":"us-mn","stale":false,"prev":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-518c.709","next":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-518c.711"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}